Reproduction of Omnioptic Surveillance

This study investigates the sociological foundations of Turkish adolescents’ sharing behaviors on social media, focusing on digital disclosure and exposure practices. Drawing on the concept of omnioptic surveillance, where individuals act simultaneously as observers and the observed, data were collected from 350 students across seven high schools using a 61-item structured questionnaire. A cross-sectional descriptive design guided the research, with analyses conducted through frequency distributions, percentages, means, t-tests, and ANOVA. Results revealed that adolescents actively reproduce omnioptic surveillance in their routine online interactions, perceiving digital disclosure and exposure not as a violation of privacy but as a normative social practice. While gender differences were insignificant, variations emerged across grade levels and school types. These findings suggest that adolescents sustain a digital culture in which privacy boundaries are fluid and continuously renegotiated. The study contributes to debates on adolescent digital literacy, privacy awareness, and the sociological dynamics of networked surveillance.本研究探讨了土耳其青少年在社交媒体上分享行为的社会学基础，聚焦数字披露与曝光实践。本研究援引全景敞视监视（omnioptic surveillance）概念，该理论认为个体可同时作为观察者与被观察者开展行动，通过面向7所高中的350名学生发放61题结构化问卷的方式收集数据。研究采用横断面描述性研究设计，通过频数分布、百分比、均值、t检验与方差分析开展数据分析。结果显示，青少年在日常在线互动中主动复刻全景敞视监视的运作逻辑，将数字披露与曝光行为视作一种常态化社会实践，而非对隐私的侵犯。尽管性别差异并不显著，但不同年级与学校类型间则呈现出显著差异。上述研究结果表明，青少年所处的数字文化中，隐私边界具有流动性且会被持续重新协商。本研究为青少年数字素养、隐私意识以及网络化监视的社会学动态相关学术讨论贡献了有益参考。